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Bri C
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Kindle Books - How do you keep track of your library?

Post by Bri C »

So I noticed that collections don't hold over from various areas. I had them pretty well sorted on my Kindle, but that died a few years ago. I'm getting back into e-books since I know we have some I want to read, but the Cloud Reader and PC app don't have my old collections and they don't seem to talk to each other. It's driving me insane. All my physical bookshelves are easy to keep track of. How do you keep track of your online ones?
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I keep the kindle library itself as the best way to manage the books but at the same times since I have hundreds of books I use an excel sheet to manage it as that is easier for me to categorize and search for the books.
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I arrange them alphabetically by author! I store together the books authored by the same author. It really helps me :))
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I always categorize them into different collections and that is very easy to organize what I am reading on kindle.
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Post by Alicgmood03 »

Honestly, i use book library apps (i used Trello like a personal library, but it's handy only in paid version)
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Post by Black Jewel »

I don't at this point. But I am working my way through making a hard copy list of my collection that I can then put into an easy to track/add to excel file.
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Currently, I don't - but I'm hoping to figure out some way to organize it soon. The lack of organization in my Kindle is driving me crazy.
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I use goodreads or i just keep downloaded on my device.
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Post by Elisan »

What do we do with physical books? We buy them in different bookstores and put them on our bookshelves.
The same happens online. We download books from several stores, then we need our personal online bookshelves. This means we need a file (a digital space) where we list all books we bought or downloaded from online stores. A list of titles, organized for the title, author, genre, etc.
Someone uses excel, I prefer Word, or Google Doc, or Windows Note, or others.
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Post by estanlypido12 »

We have various approaches regarding this matter. In my case, I categorize it based on its genre. With this, my reading voyage gets easier and more handy.
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Post by Helen Akoth »

I don't really arrange keep track of books in my Kindle library. If I need to access a certain book I had bought, I simply search and re-download it if need be.
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Post by Charlienmegan Wehner »

I don’t organize my Kindle library very well so some of these types are very helpful. I have noticed that Kindle recently started grouping books of the same series which is helpful.
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Post by Jen Nghishitende »

I also don’t really pay attention to organising my kindle library. I have not even been using it much since I prefer to buy physical copies but I am running out of space now! But thanks to this platform I have been using my kindle more regularly so may it’s time to start sorting my library out!!
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Post by Michael Villanueva »

I don't keep track, at one point I tried but the effort wasn't worth it because I never referred to my e-library. My eBooks are typically single reads that I never revisit. If there's an eBook that I like and want to re-read, then I buy the physical book.
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Post by Sameeha Ismail »

I usually keep track of my reading with Google Keep notes. To read, read, reading, I note it all down along with the date on which I made the entry and where are books are kept is also noted down. So, I know what books I've read and where they are.
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